Border Intelligence Center
Official CBP Wait Times • Updated Automatically Throughout the Day
- San Ysidro 85 min SENTRI 5 min Heavy delay
- Otay Mesa 60 min SENTRI 20 min Heavy delay
- Tecate Unavailable Current wait Not reported
- Pedestrian 10 min at San Ysidro Moving well
- USD / MXN 17.0260 Exchange rate
- Best crossing Otay Mesa 60 min
- Updated 12:09 pm Official CBP feed
Detailed Border Wait Times (CBP)
| Port of Entry | General | Sentri | Pedestrian |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro | 85 min | 5 min | 10 min |
| Otay Mesa | 60 min | 20 min | No delay |
| Tecate | — | — | — |
Estimated Total Travel Time
- From
- Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana
- Drive
- 21 minutes
- Border wait
- 85 min
- Total estimate
- 106 min
Drive time is an estimate; the border wait is live and changes through the day. Check again before you travel.
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U.S. Border Wait Times Official government resource
Check live northbound passenger vehicle and pedestrian wait times at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa before you leave Tijuana.
Trusted Traveler Programs Official government resource
SENTRI and Global Entry members use dedicated lanes at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa. Apply or renew through the official DHS portal.
Electronic I-94 Official government resource
Travellers entering the United States can obtain or review their electronic I-94 arrival record before crossing.
Vehicle Permits Official government resource
Driving beyond the Baja California free zone requires a temporary vehicle import permit, issued by Banjercito.
Medical FastLane Official government resource
Patients attending medical appointments across the border may use the Cruce Agil / Medical FastLane northbound lane.
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Colonia Quinta del Cedro Quick Facts
- Drive to San Ysidro 21 minutes
- Major Shopping Ley Cedros, Tortillería La Coqueta
- Parks & Recreation Parque Quinta del Cedro, Parque del Cedro
Welcome to Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana
- Distance
- 11.8 miles
- Typical drive
- 21 minutes
- Closest crossing
- San Ysidro
San Ysidro P.O. Box N Ship gives Colonia Quinta del Cedro a real U.S. street address for the parcels American retailers will not send across the border — with notification on arrival and holding until you collect.
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About Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana
Quinta del Cedro is an Urbi estate of eighty-seven hectares laid out on tree-named streets — Paseo del Cedro, Calle del Ahuehuete, Avenida del Fresno — with five parks inside it. It is one of the greenest developments in the Playas delegación.
Retail sits on the estate: Ley Cedros, a PETSA, an El Florido branch, a 7-Eleven and an Oxxo. Schooling covers the whole range, from the Aquí Empieza la Patria and Puerta México preschools through the Isla de Cedros and Península de Baja California primaries to Secundaria General 23 and the bilingual Colegio Calmecac.
Estates like this are bought by young families and furnished over years, so the ordering is continuous rather than concentrated: furniture, appliances, garden and children's equipment, and the electronics that get replaced fastest.
Colonia Quinta del Cedro covers 87 hectares in the Playas de Tijuana delegación, bordered by Urbi Hacienda Balboa and Urbiquinta del Cedro Segunda Sección. Boulevard Paseo Banderas is the colonia's through-route, and the routed drive to the store is 11.8 miles — about 21 minutes of driving, with the border wait separate and reported live on this site.
- Ley Cedros and El Florido on the estate
- Five neighbourhood parks
- Full school ladder including Secundaria General 23
- Bilingual Colegio Calmecac
- Planned Urbi layout
- Twelve routed miles to the store
Neighbourhood insights
What makes Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana distinctive?
Quinta del Cedro has five parks and a full school ladder inside a single estate, with its own supermarket — a self-contained community rather than a subdivision.
Why do people here use a U.S. mailbox?
A San Ysidro address takes the deliveries U.S. sellers refuse to send south, and the box holds them so a family collects a batch rather than making the trip repeatedly.
Who uses the service most from this area?
Young families furnishing homes, and households ordering electronics, clothing and children's equipment.
Nearby landmarks
The estate's landmarks are its five parks, its supermarket and its school ladder, all inside the same tree-named grid.
Shopping
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Ley Cedros
Formal retail inside Colonia Quinta del Cedro, inside the colonia.
What it does not stock is what crosses the border — a U.S. address makes those orders possible at all.
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Tortillería La Coqueta
The colonia's own supermarket trade, about 1.4 km outside the colonia.
Residents compare its shelves against U.S. sellers and order the difference to a border address.
Education
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Isla de Cedros
One of the colonia's school campuses, inside the colonia.
Course materials and devices are cheapest from U.S. sellers, and those sellers need a U.S. address.
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Peninsula de Baja California
A campus inside Colonia Quinta del Cedro, about 233 m outside the colonia.
Students and staff order laptops, texts and equipment from U.S. sellers that refuse Mexican addresses.
Parks & Recreation
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Parque Quinta del Cedro
Recreation ground used by the colonia, inside the colonia.
Kit and equipment for the clubs that use it come from U.S. retailers who will not ship south.
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Parque del Cedro
Green and sporting space for Colonia Quinta del Cedro, inside the colonia.
Equipment for the teams and families who use it arrives at a U.S. address.
Transportation
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San Ysidro Port of Entry
The crossing most collections from Colonia Quinta del Cedro use; the store is on the San Ysidro side.
Routed drive only — border wait is separate, and the Border Intelligence Center reports it live.
Border crossing
The nearest crossing for Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana is San Ysidro. Wait times vary considerably by hour and by day, and both pedestrian and vehicle lanes are worth checking before you travel — the pedestrian lane is often much faster when you are collecting a parcel rather than moving goods by car.
Bring the documents the crossing requires of you. A mailbox adds no further requirement of its own: collecting mail is an ordinary errand on the U.S. side.
Driving directions
Toward the San Ysidro crossing, then a short distance to the store.
- Parking
- Free parking directly outside the store. Quinta del Cedro is planned housing with reliable street parking.
- Public transport
- Boulevard Paseo del Cedro and Boulevard Paseo Banderas link the estate to the Tijuana–Ensenada toll road and the route north.
Travel times
- Distance
- about 11.8 miles
- Estimated driving time
- 21 minutes
- Plus border wait
- Varies at San Ysidro, often by hours. Check current wait times before travelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it Quinta or Quintas del Cedro?
Both are used locally, and the municipal record calls it Urbiquinta del Cedro. All three find this page.
Can I have furniture delivered and held?
Yes — call the store before ordering so space is available for larger items.
Can I receive Amazon packages?
Yes. A San Ysidro street address is treated as an ordinary U.S. delivery address, including by Amazon.
Will I be told when a parcel arrives?
Yes — you are notified, so the crossing happens when there is something to collect.
Can more than one person collect?
Yes, once each person is named on the mailbox agreement.
Why customers from Colonia Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana choose us
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A real U.S. mailing address
A street address rather than a PO Box number, so retailers and carriers that refuse PO Boxes will still deliver.
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Secure package receiving
Parcels are signed for, logged and held securely until you collect them.
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Border convenience
Positioned for the San Ysidro crossing, so collecting a parcel is an errand rather than an expedition.
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Mail forwarding
Have mail and parcels sent onward when collecting in person is not practical.
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Digital mailbox
See what has arrived without making the trip, and decide what to do with it.
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Bilingual support
Staff who work in English and Spanish, every day, for customers on both sides of the border.
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Business services
Notary, printing and a registered address businesses can use for supplier deliveries.
Why customers trust us
- Secure & Reliable Locked mailboxes and monitored premises
- Bilingual Team English and Spanish, every day
- Every Major Carrier UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL accepted
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